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New FE commissioner revealed, and there are two

The role of the FE commissioner will be split in two following Sir David Collins’ concern over his workload covering both intervention and...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Bigger is better for sixth forms

Size matters, at least when it comes to sixth forms – as FE Week discovered when we investigated the...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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NCG finally gets ‘good’ Ofsted after four month standoff

The nation’s largest college has won its battle with Ofsted with the awarding of a grade two overall –...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Theresa May “does not recognise” 30% – 50% potential apprenticeship funding cuts

The prime minister has said she “does not recognise” potential cuts of between 30 to 50 per cent to...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Justine Greening quizzed by select committee on apprenticeship funding cuts

Education Secretary Justine Greening was quizzed about potentially devastating apprenticeship funding cuts during an evidence session for the Education...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Two new super-colleges set to be created in north-west

Two new super-colleges are set to be created in the north-west through mergers involving six colleges and one university....

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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The past, present and future of the Association of Colleges

As the Association of Colleges welcomes a new chief executive in its 20th year, FE Week takes a look...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Counter-fraud measures underway for apprenticeship funding programme

Counter-fraud measures are to be set up for the apprenticeship funding programme, the government has insisted, amid warnings from...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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NAO apprenticeship report warns of history repeating itself over fraud

The apprenticeship reform programme risks repeating the fraud that plagued Individual Learning Accounts without more robust risk planning, the...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke